"... lucky..." I uttered as I looked at Cecelia in her light thin uniform, "At least you don't have to wear this... yet."

  "Hehehe~," A cheerful girlish giggle came from her, which irked me somewhere... Well, actually, the heat irked me, but I felt jealous...

  "Haah~," I fanned my dress shirt under my bzer...

  That cafe looked more and more appealing each passing moment as sweat dripped down my head. Eventually the heat won over the leftover morale I had left, and I brought Cecelia with me to the nearby cafe.

  As I entered the cafe, cool air immediately hit me... ah, it feels so nice... Looking around, the cafe had many students from her school here, though it was still vacant enough for a timely service. Looking at the number of students here reminded me of my efforts to ward off the troublesome students that been harassing her as of te. It has been working by simply appearing with Cecelia after school, as I never saw anything outside of school and she never told me of anything major in school, yet Cecelia was still a total social outcast... Yet despite that I somehow became a conversation topic at her school, as the 'high-css high school girl picking up her sister'...

  That aside, "What do you want Cecelia?" I asked her as we waited in line to order.

  "Frozen hot chocote..." She uttered, entranced, looking at the menu above the cashier table... It did look good, and - thinking about it, isn't it Cecelia's first time here?

  "... same feeling, huh..." To think she felt the exact same way I did coming here...

  Our turn eventually came in the line, "Good afternoon, welcome to Fons de Paradis." The receptionist behind the cashing desk asked, looking slightly exhausted. "Are you ready to order?"

  I nodded, "Yes, could you pce two rge Frozen Hot Chocote please?" I gave her the number of Marks for the two drinks.

  She took my Marks, "I apologize, but we do have a wait time." She then gave me a receipt, "When the screen above me shows your number, please come to the side to get your drinks. Thank you very much."

  We left to go sit at an empty table. "... copycat..." Cecelia pouted, "You never told me you wanted it too - I would have ordered differently."

  "Hey! I never thought you would think the same way I did." I utter in defense for myself. "... the frozen hot chocote so good though..."

  Haha—we both ended up ughing together, "Chocote sounds good..." She uttered looking at the line of people ordering enviously.

  As we conversed together, our order number rung up on the rge screen showing the ready orders. We both went up to get our orders,

  "... looks so good..." Cecelia uttered looking at her drink whilst we left the cafe.

  I took a drink from the straw in my drink, "It is good."

  I looked over at Cecelia who took the straw to her frozen hot chocote to her mouth. "Hmm~! So good~!" I couldn't help but smile as I looked at her overenjoyed with the frozen hot chocote.

  With our drinks in hand, we made our way to the train station. The excessive heat was made a little bit more bearable with something cool to drink, but... "... it is hot..." still... The back of my shirt felt damp, and I felt myself heating up. Taking sips from my frozen hot chocote felt refreshing, but it didn't help against the heat. I dreadfully walked back with Cecelia in this enduring heat... As soon we came to our home, I took off my shoes and instantly told Cecelia, "I'm taking a bath."

  After washing myself off, I sat in our bathtub and rexed...

  Summer—swimming... I remember back to the first day I had swim css—I was never a person who enjoyed water much, but that was due to the fact I never did much other than swim training and exercises. "..." Thinking about it, I never realized how busy I was back then. Qualtia and Ignation both asked me if I would have time to go on a vacation with them, but I always had to say no. Now—now I had the chance to enjoy my time. "Maybe... I'll ask Cecelia if she wants to go swimming one day."

  I looked through my closet to see if I had... a swimsuit. "I—it is fine..." I told myself as I held up a... light blue one-piece swimsuit. It was quite - in best words to describe it - cute and girlish. A lot of thin white transparent frills covered the bottom piece, whilst the neckpiece had a small white ribbon. Though as I looked at it some more, "... This—it's not big enough..." This could probably fit Cecelia - maybe -, but not the current me. I held it in front of me on my chest, "... Err, no..." Last time this was worn - which was probably years ago - to now, there would be no way it could even accommodate my chest.

  I let out a sigh... I guess I'll have to go shopping in the near future... And with Cecelia at that.